Not sure how this article lends support to the 2nd Amendment; in fact, it sort of does the opposite. Thanks to a regime of strict gun control, the UK is only now starting to see the bare beginnings of a vicious gun culture that has ravaged US cities for decades. Sounds like they need more gun control, not less.

The idea criminals have some special, privileged access to firearms is a myth.

Trace the history of any gun used by any criminal to commit any crime. Invariably, you'll find that someone, at some point, bought that gun legally. That's how it entered circulation in the first place--someone LEGALLY bought it. After that, it may have been stolen, sold, traded, whatever. But most guns only end up in the hands of criminals because law-abiding citizens bought them first.

The idea criminals have some special, privileged access to firearms is a myth.

Trace the history of any gun used by any criminal to commit any crime. Invariably, you'll find that someone, at some point, bought that gun legally. That's how it entered circulation in the first place--someone LEGALLY bought it. After that, it may have been stolen, sold, traded, whatever. But most guns only end up in the hands of criminals because law-abiding citizens bought them first.

Law abiding citizens may have bought them, but like anything, it becomes the basis of illegal activity.